Towel or dish-cloth holder.



WITNES No. 823,029. PATENTED JUNE 12, .1906.

J. W. BROWN.

TOWEL 0R DISH CLOTH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEUJB. 1905.

M [NVENTOR fi 0 W/ Altamey UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed December 18 1905. Serial No. 292,334.

To will whom, it may conce Be it known that I, JOHN W. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hammond, in the county of Piatt and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Towel or Dish-Cloth Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices adapted to hold dish-cloths, towels, &c., and comprises a simple and efiicient means whereby a cloth may be held between two wire members, one of .which is made of a resilient material between which the arm of the other member is adapted to be passed, thereby securely holding between the members the cloth, towel, or other article.

My invention consists, further, in various details of constructionand arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of my invention with a towel or cloth held thereby, the cloth being indicated by dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the holder.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a coil of wire serving as an eye as well as a spring, and B designates a screw having an eye for engagement with said coil. Resilient arms O extend from the ends of said coil parallel to each other, and each is bent twice at right angles, as at C and D, respectively, the extreme ends of the arms inclining away from each other, the parts of the arms intermediate the angles at D and the coil forming offset portions. E designates a second member of the towel or dish-cloth holder, which is made of a single piece of resilient wire having portions thereof which are parallelv and flaring toward one end, forming an approximately triangular-shaped loop, said member E engaging the eye A. The legs of the wire E are adapted to yield laterally in opposite directions to allow the parallel portions of the arms O to pass through the loop E, portions intermediate the angles in said arms O adapted to bear yieldingly against the insides of the vertical legs of the triangularoutlined member, and the extreme ends of said arms bearing against the rear sides of said legs, said arms 0 adapted to engage a fold of cloth which has been previously interposed between the members, the offset portions formed in the arms O serving to push the fabric through the loop in the man ner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. When the parts are thus assembled, as shown in Fig 1 of the drawings, the flaring ends of the arms C will bear against the wire forming the loop E.

In applying a cloth to the holder the parts are separated, the cloth placed against the two resilient arms of the member E, after which the operator by pressing upon the arms C may force a fold of the cloth between the resilient arms E, thereby forming means for securely holding the cloth.

From the foregomg it will be observed that by the provision of the device shown a simple and efficient means is afforded to which a towel, dish-cloth, or other fabric may be easily and quickly attached and as easily removed when desired.

What I claim is- A towel or dish-cloth holder comprising two members made of wire, one of which is bent to form a coil from'which extend two resilient parallel arms each bent twice at right angles, forming offset portions and with the extreme ends flaring away from each other, the other member of the holder being approximately triangular shaped and connected to said coil and adapted to receive the parallel portions of said arms, portions intermediate the angles in said arms adapted to bear yieldingly against the insides of the vertical legs of the triangular-outlined member and the extreme ends of said arms bearing against the rear sides of said legs, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. BROWN.

Witnesses W. R. RIGNEY, J. A. VENT. 

